Let's say you have iterated successfully until you got a good prototype, and you have ensured production can run smoothly. Before making a large batch and "pushing it onto the market", it is highly advised to spend a little time on test … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
From Risk Management to Product Safety
This is a sequel on an article entitled Quality, Fact of Fiction? that was written by Jo Van Landeghem, Quality and Safety manager for global retailer C&A, a few months ago. -- Product Safety 101: 0% risk does NOT exist. Life as … [Read more...]
Product Packaging Considerations for your Product – (Developing a New Product Series Part 16)
Many importers take the time to define their product expectations and to get good pre-production samples from their Chinese suppliers, but completely forget to specify the type of product packaging required. We classified this under … [Read more...]
Consolidating Small Orders in China before Shipment
A reader asked me an interesting question. I am reproducing a part of it, with all identifiers removed: We are getting to the point where we are doing about a container each month where each container is a mixture of anywhere from 5 - 15 … [Read more...]
Technical Data Files for China Production – (Developing a New Product Series Part 15)
I wrote before about the importance of writing a product specification sheet. It is the bare minimum every importer should document. However, if you develop your own product and have it made in China, you should document additional … [Read more...]
Safety and Regulation Requirements china – (Developing a New Product Series Part 14)
Many companies develop a new product but totally overlook the safety and regulatory requirements that will apply to that new product. We have pulled some information from different sources to give you an idea of what to look out for here in … [Read more...]
Assembly Review after an Initial Product Build – (Developing a New Product Series Part 13)
Once a first assembly job has been completed, it is time to review the results. It is not only a matter of checking quality and giving feedback to the Chinese factory as you'll discover here in phase 5.8. (Remember that you can see the … [Read more...]
Initial Product Build – (Developing a New Product Series Part 12)
In phase 5.7 of developing a new product once a prototype has been tested, design iterations have taken place, and tooling is ready (if applicable), it is time to test whether quality products can be made at the right speed in the Chinese … [Read more...]
Cheap Apple Products from China: Beware of SCAMS
From time to time a client asks us to go and check a supplier that is clearly putting out a scam. We did just this a few days ago, and I am reproducing some elements below (with permission from the client). How does it work? Here is an … [Read more...]
Build Of Pre-Production Tooling – (Developing a New Product Series Part 11)
In many cases, manufacturing a new product necessitates the preparation of custom tooling. Therefore phase 5.6 is an important step. (Don't forget that you can see the whole series on developing a new product here.) The output from … [Read more...]
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